study shows students want better financial information sooner

April 24, 2017

A new survey of high school and college students finds expectations about paying for college and borrowing are often out of step with reality. The study, conducted by Navient and the financial education group EverFi, found just 41 percent of high school seniors expect to borrow to pay for college. However, that number jumps to 61 percent among college freshmen—a number much more in line with actual trends.